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Thread #70033 Message #1192813
Posted By: Kevin Sheils
24-May-04 - 11:55 AM
Thread Name: London Folk clubs, a few questions.
Subject: RE: London Folk clubs, a few questions.
Been a bit slow (well a day or two) entering this - busy weekend.
Just to slightly amend El Greko's posting the OR&C will move to Sundays from September 19th. Thursday 2nd and 9th will still be on. I'm just sorting out a note to send to our email list.
It's always been a bit of a nuisance that Islington and ourselves were on the same night as we have similar booking policies, and know a number of people who go to each (at different times of course!).
So we thought it would be sensible to move to Sundays as there always was a Sunday club in Walthamstow, going way back to the Tower and Navvy Boot in the sixties and seventies and the Chestnuts in the seventies, eighties and nineties. In fact when we started at the Hale End Club 12 or so years back the Chestnuts was still going so the Sunday option was out and Thursday was most convenient for everyone, in spite of Islington.
Anyone as the Chestnuts folded some years back it's taken us some time to organise the change of day (well this is folk music traditions are difficult to tamper with!).
The membership thing mentioned earlier is still in existence but we consider members of most other London Clubs or National EFDSS affiliated clubs to be affiliate members of ours and you can come as an affiliated guest (even Islington members)